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CGXU vs DFSI: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGXU and DFSI hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and CGXU returned +18.6% over the year. Net assets: $6.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF, and $1.1bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF.

DFSI costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.4 points.

CGXUDFSI
Expense ratio0.54%0.24%
Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFSI as of Jul 31, 2026$6.8bn$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year+18.6%+12.2%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund38.4%9.7%
Below its high5.1%, high on Sep 8, 20265.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+18.6%
CGXU total return, 1 year
+12.2%
DFSI total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGXU expense ratio
0.24%
DFSI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGXU and DFSI hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

half

9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGXU DFSI
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.08% 0.77%
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.50% 0.67%
Siemens AG 0.74% 0.54%
Hitachi Ltd 1.62% 0.53%
Novo Nordisk A/S 2.46% 0.52%
Siemens Energy AG 0.51% 0.54%
Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.29% 0.50%
L'Oreal SA 0.69% 0.48%
Industria de Diseno Textil SA 0.62% 0.39%
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc 1.00% 0.37%
Airbus SE 2.11% 0.36%
Standard Chartered PLC 1.06% 0.33%
Only in CGXU
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.83%
SoftBank Group Corp 6.36%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.54%
SK hynix Inc 3.27%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.10%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.00%
Cenovus Energy Inc 2.24%
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 1.81%
Only in DFSI
ASML Holding N.V. 2.48%
Roche Holding AG 1.29%
Novartis AG 1.09%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.81%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.77%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.66%
Allianz SE 0.61%
LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 0.59%

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On the same fields

CGXU
Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF
DFSI
Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Dimensional
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +18.6% +12.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +1.4 pts −5.1 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.24%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.1%
Holdings 73 2798
Net assets, CGXU as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFSI as of Jul 31, 2026 $6.8bn $1.1bn

CGXU and DFSI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CGXU in plain words

CGXU is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 73 positions, with the top ten at 38.4%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Sep 8, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

DFSI in plain words

DFSI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,798 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or DFSI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and DFSI +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, CGXU or DFSI?
DFSI is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGXU and DFSI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of DFSI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CGXU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGXU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGXU ↗DFSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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